SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
		Jan. 30, 2016 USD ($)		Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2015 USD ($)	May. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)		Nov. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 USD ($)	May. 03, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 USD ($)
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		$ 0	[1]	$ 919	$ 1,452	$ 0	$ 4,794	[2]	$ 3,306	$ 3,045	$ 0	$ 2,371	$ 11,145	$ 29,633
Severance Costs		$ 4,400
Restructuring Charges												$ 12,100
Percentage of entity-wide sales qualifying purchaser as major customer (as a percent)												10.00%
Number of Stores		1,069,000										1,069,000
Net sales:
Total net sales		$ 498,544	[1]	455,913	366,455	404,865	479,243	[2]	487,304	384,628	410,149	$ 1,725,777	1,761,324	1,765,789
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit		177,506	[1]	180,513	115,004	152,109	164,810	[2]	190,111	119,118	148,261	$ 625,132	$ 622,300	$ 655,521
Gross Margin:
Total Gross Margin (as a percent)												36.20%	35.30%	37.10%
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)		29,347	[1]	57,647	(20,118)	23,204	20,654	[2]	55,803	(16,497)	20,083	$ 90,080	$ 80,043	$ 76,283
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												5.21968%	4.54448%	4.32005%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization		16,903	[1]	16,136	15,252	14,394	15,542	[2]	15,168	15,557	14,227	$ 62,685	$ 60,494	$ 64,858
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												42,145	72,212	72,606
Business Exit Costs		11		$ 14	$ 76	$ (3)	85		$ (286)	$ (98)	$ 231	98	(68)	(906)
Total assets:
Total assets		897,948					958,618					897,948	958,618
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	$ 294,410					$ 313,759					294,410	313,759
The Children's Place U.S.
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use												1,700	10,500	25,400
Severance Costs												$ 6,000	$ 7,100	4,200
Number of Stores		937					963					937	963
Net sales:
Total net sales												$ 1,518,117	$ 1,528,762	1,528,276
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit												$ 539,030	$ 535,226	$ 558,156
Gross Margin:
Total Gross Margin (as a percent)												35.50%	35.00%	36.50%
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)												$ 65,221	$ 63,586	$ 60,267	[4]
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												4.29618%	4.15931%	3.94346%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization												$ 55,937	$ 52,565	$ 55,595
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												41,304	68,847	64,486
Total assets:
Total assets		$ 748,975					$ 805,462					748,975	805,462
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	$ 276,612					$ 289,820					276,612	289,820
The Children's Place Canada [Member]
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use												$ 700	$ 600	4,200
Number of Stores		132					134					132	134
Net sales:
Total net sales	[5]											$ 207,660	$ 232,562	237,513
Gross Profit:
Gross Profit												$ 86,102	$ 87,074	$ 97,365
Gross Margin:
Total Gross Margin (as a percent)												41.50%	37.40%	41.00%
Operating income (loss):
Total operating income (loss)												$ 24,859	$ 16,457	$ 16,016
Operating income (loss) as a percent of net sales:
Total operating income (loss) (as a percent)												11.97101%	7.07639%	6.74321%
Depreciation and amortization:
Total depreciation and amortization												$ 6,748	$ 7,929	$ 9,263
Capital expenditures:
Total capital expenditures												841	3,365	$ 8,120
Total assets:
Total assets		$ 148,973					$ 153,156					148,973	153,156
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	16,212					22,697					16,212	22,697
The Children's Place Asia [Member] [Member]
Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets [Abstract]
Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Entity's Country of Domicile	[3]	$ 1,586					1,242					$ 1,586	$ 1,242
EastCoastDCSeveranceOther [Member]
Segment information
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use							4,800
Severance Costs							$ 3,200

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[3] raphic InformationThe Company's long-lived assets are located in the following countries: January 30, 2016 January 31, 2015Long-lived assets (1): United States $276,612 $289,820Canada 16,212 22,697Asia 1,586 1,242Total long-lived assets $294,410 $313,759____________________________________________(1)The Company's long-lived assets are comprised of net property and equipment and other assets.

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[5] Net sales from The Children's Place International are primarily derived from revenues from Canadian operations.